中英文本

187.The Ex-con, Pt. 4

187.有前科者（4）

Butch was nervous about his conversation with Lou for days.

几天来，布奇一直为与罗的对话感到不安。

It felt as if his old life was rising up from the ashes to try to swallow him up again!

就好像原来的生活死灰复燃，要再次把他吞噬掉！

At such a time as this, when everything was going so well, it almost made Butch hit rock bottom!

在这种一切都进行得很顺利的时候，这事几乎使他一下跌到了低谷！

But he didn't shoot up or go get drunk.

但他没有注射毒品或者借酒消愁。

He rose above himself and committed himself not to risk his neck for another fool like Lou.

他战胜了自己，下决心不为罗这样一个傻瓜冒险做事。

The next day, at a dinner over roast chicken, Lou walked in.

第二天，他正吃着烤鸡，罗进来了。

"Are you really sure you don't want to ride the tiger again?" Lou asked.

“你真的肯定不想再弄得骑虎难下啦？”罗问。

Right off the bat, Butch grabbed Lou and yanked him out the back door into the alley.

布奇毫不犹豫地抓住罗把他从后门拉到了后街。

"Listen, Lou. I'm ready to bust your face right now!

“听着，罗。我现在就准备给你的脸一拳头！

I don't care if you think you have some right royal plan!

我才不在乎你是否认为你的计划很伟大呢！

I've rung down the curtain on those days and I swear,

我已经结束了那种日子，我发誓

I will rip up the remaining shreds of our friendship if you ever ask again!"

只要你再跟我提这样的要求，我会把我们剩下的那点友谊全给毁了！”

"Time out, Time out," Lou said. "I just thought I'd give you one more chance.

“暂停，暂停，”罗说。“我不过是想再给你一次机会。

You really have raised yourself up above the crowd, Butch. And I'm happy for you!

布奇，你真的已经显示出你的与众不同。我替你感到高兴！

Now let go of me and let's go back in to eat some chicken!"

现在你放了我，我们一起回去吃点鸡肉吧！”

Butch put him down and they went back in. Not a word was spoken about it again that evening.

布奇把他放了下来，他们一起回来了。那天晚上他们没有再提那个话题。

The next morning, Butch's phone was ringing off the hook.

第二天早晨，布奇的电话响个没完。

As he picked up the receiver he knew in his gut that it wouldn't be good news.

一抓起听筒他就从心底里知道肯定不是什么好消息。

重点讲解

1.ride a /the tiger 骑虎难下；处境岌岌可危；企图使用无法控制的东西而危及自身

例句：The circumstance in nowadays namely apt ride a tiger tough bottom.

现在的情况就是骑虎难下。

2.right now 就在此刻，就是现在

例句：How I wish I could go there right now.

我恨不得马上去那儿。

3.(right) off the bat 毫不犹豫地；一下子，马上

例句：And if your employer matches a certain percentage of your contributions, that’s free money right off the bat.

如果你的雇主认同你一部分的贡献，那么免费的钱就会马上从天上掉下来。

4.ring/bring down the curtain on 响铃；落幕；结束，终止

例句：The couple decided to bring down the curtain on their marriage after 5 years.

那对夫妇决定结束五年的婚姻关系。

5.rip up 把……撕成碎片；撕毁，取消(计划等）

例句：He ripped the letters up and threw them in the wastepaper basket.

他把这些信撕碎，扔进字纸篓里。

6.rise above 高出，超越；克服，摆脱，不受……

例句：The moon has risen above the horizon.

月亮已升到地平线之上。